Theodor lehmbeck



@Nrrn STATES THEODOR LEI-IMBECK, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO HERMANNWINDOLFF, OF SAME PLACE.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,259, dated October22, 1895.

Application iled February 23,1895. Serial No. 539,445. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEoDoR LEHMBECK, a subject of the King of Prussia,German Emperor, and a resident of Berlin, inthe Kingdom of Prussia,German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPenholders, of which the following is an exact specification.

This invention relates to a penholder in which the ink is produced froma piece of solid ink by dipping the pen and said piece of solid inksimultaneously into water. There is thus the employment of a specialreservoir containing liquid ink entirely dispensed with, and thepenholder may be used at any place where Water only is to be had. l Inorder to make my invention more clear, I refer to the accompanyingdrawing, in which I have shown a longitudinal section through myimproved penholder, and in whicha is the holder proper, having at itsworking end the clamp b for the pen c. A short4 tube d, of smalldiameter, is fixed to said clamp or to any other suitable part orprojection o' the shell a and contains a piece e ot' solid ink, theprojecting end of which is pressed against the front portion of the penby means of a spring or tongue f.

If vthe penholder is to be used, the pen as well as the extreme frontend of the piece of solid ink need simply to be dipped into water, whena drop of the latter will be held by adhesion between the pen and thesolid ink, and a slight portion of the latter will be turned into liquidink, which may now be used for Writing.

Having thus fully described the nature of this invention, what I desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States is'- In a pen-holderand pen working with a piece of solid ink extending from the holderproper forward below the pen, the combination with the clamping-tube dfor said piece of ink, of an elastic tongue f forming an extension ofsaid clamping-tube, and being adapted to support the projecting portionof the said ink, for the purpose as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this speeilication in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

THEODOR LEHMBECK.

Witnesses:

WM. HAUPT, FRITZ SPERLINGS.

